For the 3rd fall event we will continue to cover some of the most popular themes including:
*Demand dynamics
*The President/CEO Panel-Wholesalers
*The President/CEO Panel-Colocation Players

We are also working on some new, exciting topics that will give much food for thought including:
-> Expansion Strategies for Small Data Center Companies
-> Competing Against The Amazon Model
-> Vendor Partnerships Done Right
-> The International Panel
-> Branding & Marketing
-> How to Handle/Prevent a Data Center Failure
-> Branding and Marketing
-> Off-Grid Data Centers; Move or Migrate:
-> Extending vs. Decommissioning
-> New Networking Developments and how they are Affecting on the Data Center
-> Competing Against the Amazon Model
-> Server Technology and their Impact on the Data Center
-> Data Center Infrastructure & Asset Management;
-> Big Data: How Should you Position yourself to be a Big Player in the Market?

Fund managers and investors are in a tug-of-war over the issue of transparency. Once content with a performance update, basic valuation and general market commentary, Limited Partners (LPs) are now digging deeper, asking more questions and requiring more information from General Partners (GPs) than ever before.
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Global gross domestic product (GDP) growth should accelerate somewhat in 2015 and 2016 from the pace of the last three years because of much lower oil prices, the avoidance of special drags on the world economy, and continuing easy monetary policies from global central banks, according to BNY Mellon Chief Economist Richard Hoey. Hoey (pictured) made the comments in his February outlook.
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55% of private equity firms surveyed by Preqin at the end of 2014 stated they would deploy greater levels of capital in 2015, although 39% suggested it is more difficult to find attractive investments. Preqin’s Christopher Elvin comments:
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977 private equity funds held a final close throughout the year raising a total of USD486bn, higher than any annual amount between 2009 and 2012, and on track to match the 2013 total. Preqin’s Christopher Elvin (pictured) reviews a year of private equity fundraising:
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